dear baby,
we were SO excited to learn two days ago that you're a boy! haven't uploaded the pictures from the sonogram yet, but there's no disputing the evidence :-)
you've been moving around so much more in my tummy lately, and today i actually felt your kicks from the outside. i called your dad over to feel, but you calmed down by then. i can't wait til he's able to feel you moving around, too.
22 weeks this week.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
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dear baby,
tomorrow we're 21 weeks along! you've been moving around a lot today, seemingly having a grand time wiggling against my bladder. this makes me very uncomfortable, by the way. and it makes you feel a LOT heavier than you actually are. in fact, i don't even think you weigh a pound yet, but you feel ENORMOUS against my internal organs.
in truth, i feel huge, too.
tomorrow we're 21 weeks along! you've been moving around a lot today, seemingly having a grand time wiggling against my bladder. this makes me very uncomfortable, by the way. and it makes you feel a LOT heavier than you actually are. in fact, i don't even think you weigh a pound yet, but you feel ENORMOUS against my internal organs.
in truth, i feel huge, too.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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this is a photo of your second cousin, abbigail savanah reynolds. she was born today to my cousin jenny and her husband tony, via emergency c-section, because her umbilical cord was tightly wrapped around her neck.
despite her dangerous situation in-utero, abby is healthy and wonderful. she weighed a bit over 6 lbs.
jenny and i have had rather similar pregnancies, despite her being about 20 weeks ahead of me. the enduring nausea, fatigue, and frequent indigestion and heartburn are symptoms that jenny is quite familiar with because she dealt with them all 39 weeks of her pregnancy with abby.
knowing that, i ask you to please not scare me by getting the umbilical cord wrapped around your neck -- or anything else that would cause you or me undue stress during your birth. let's strive for a swift, easy-going process to bring you into the world! no sense in following too closely in cousin abby's footsteps. be a trailblazer, baby!
just want to plant the idea in your head now so you have a while to think about it. okay? thanks. love you lots.
Friday, August 12, 2011
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dear baby,
i had a dream last night that i gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. i named them isaac and ruby lee.
please don't be two. i'm quite satisfied with one baby at a time.
anyway, i don't think there are two of you. just one. just one baby. i have a good size belly bump when i stand up, but a part of that is you pushing my existing belly fat up and out. when i lay down, i get a better idea of your actual size:
i had a dream last night that i gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. i named them isaac and ruby lee.
please don't be two. i'm quite satisfied with one baby at a time.
anyway, i don't think there are two of you. just one. just one baby. i have a good size belly bump when i stand up, but a part of that is you pushing my existing belly fat up and out. when i lay down, i get a better idea of your actual size:
Sunday, August 7, 2011
020
dear baby,
got sick today for the first time in a couple weeks. puked with such ferocity; it reminded me of 'the exorcist.'
today is not a happy pregnant day.
19 weeks.
got sick today for the first time in a couple weeks. puked with such ferocity; it reminded me of 'the exorcist.'
today is not a happy pregnant day.
19 weeks.
Friday, August 5, 2011
019
dear baby,
so dr. barulich was a bit of a buzz kill yesterday at our appointment. he decided that 18 weeks gestation is too early to do the sonogram to take a peek at your private bits. we scheduled another appointment at the end of this month, so hopefully (fingers crossed!) we'll know to shop for pink or blue before september is upon us.
your dad fished a stethoscope out of the storage shed for me this morning, and i've been using it all day to listen to you swim around my belly. i was hoping to hear your heart beat -- your pulse was SO LOUD and STRONG through the doppler machine at the doctor's office yesterday -- but no luck yet. but i do hear faint little gurgles and hiccup noises when i listen to my lower belly. and these noises are quite different from what i hear when i place the apparatus on my upper gut, so i'm guessing i really am listening to YOU and not my digestive system squishing about.
week 18 photos:
i cut four/five inches off the length of my hair the other day and it feels SO great. you've grown a lot recently, and my belly's big enough to cause me a lot of discomfort at night. i toss and turn and flip from side to side all night long. when my hair was longer, it would get caught underneath my body and pull painfully at my scalp. now that it's shorter, i'm much more comfortable. it's not the most stylish look, but i'll be honest, baby, you don't have the most stylish mama. i spend most of my time in pajamas and sweats now that my pre-pregnancy clothes don't fit over my belly. i can't remember the last time i wore makeup. but i promise i'll attempt to retain a little bit of fashion and style once you're born, and especially once you're old enough to be embarrassed by your parents. we wont go out to dinner with me wearing a t-shirt with a large hole in the arm pit (remind me to someday tell you that story about your grandfather...) lol.
so dr. barulich was a bit of a buzz kill yesterday at our appointment. he decided that 18 weeks gestation is too early to do the sonogram to take a peek at your private bits. we scheduled another appointment at the end of this month, so hopefully (fingers crossed!) we'll know to shop for pink or blue before september is upon us.
your dad fished a stethoscope out of the storage shed for me this morning, and i've been using it all day to listen to you swim around my belly. i was hoping to hear your heart beat -- your pulse was SO LOUD and STRONG through the doppler machine at the doctor's office yesterday -- but no luck yet. but i do hear faint little gurgles and hiccup noises when i listen to my lower belly. and these noises are quite different from what i hear when i place the apparatus on my upper gut, so i'm guessing i really am listening to YOU and not my digestive system squishing about.
week 18 photos:
i cut four/five inches off the length of my hair the other day and it feels SO great. you've grown a lot recently, and my belly's big enough to cause me a lot of discomfort at night. i toss and turn and flip from side to side all night long. when my hair was longer, it would get caught underneath my body and pull painfully at my scalp. now that it's shorter, i'm much more comfortable. it's not the most stylish look, but i'll be honest, baby, you don't have the most stylish mama. i spend most of my time in pajamas and sweats now that my pre-pregnancy clothes don't fit over my belly. i can't remember the last time i wore makeup. but i promise i'll attempt to retain a little bit of fashion and style once you're born, and especially once you're old enough to be embarrassed by your parents. we wont go out to dinner with me wearing a t-shirt with a large hole in the arm pit (remind me to someday tell you that story about your grandfather...) lol.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
018
dearest baby,
tomorrow we find out if you're a boy or a girl! knowing your gender will make things all the more realistic, i think.
so far this week...a lot less nausea but many more aches and pains. i crawl into bed in the mid-afternoon and loathe getting out of it. truthfully, i pretty much stay in bed for the rest of the evening. maybe that's not the healthiest thing, but my tummy feels SO heavy and aches so much. sleeping has been difficult lately as well. my hips and back feel like they're out of alignment. i can't stay in the same position for too long, and i'm limited to laying on my sides. it's been difficult to get used to those positions because i'm normally a tummy-sleeper, but you've grown big enough recently that it's quite uncomfortable to lay face-down. laying on my back is uncomfortable, too. your weight goes onto my bladder and unevenly over my hips and feels very awkward.
despite all my complaining, i love knowing you're in my belly, growing and progressing and doing whatever it is you do while you're in there. i wish i could feel you move. sometimes i think i do, but those feelings aren't consistent. i look forward to the day i feel your first solid kick. maybe when that actually happens, though, i'll eat those words.
i love you, baby.
tomorrow we find out if you're a boy or a girl! knowing your gender will make things all the more realistic, i think.
so far this week...a lot less nausea but many more aches and pains. i crawl into bed in the mid-afternoon and loathe getting out of it. truthfully, i pretty much stay in bed for the rest of the evening. maybe that's not the healthiest thing, but my tummy feels SO heavy and aches so much. sleeping has been difficult lately as well. my hips and back feel like they're out of alignment. i can't stay in the same position for too long, and i'm limited to laying on my sides. it's been difficult to get used to those positions because i'm normally a tummy-sleeper, but you've grown big enough recently that it's quite uncomfortable to lay face-down. laying on my back is uncomfortable, too. your weight goes onto my bladder and unevenly over my hips and feels very awkward.
despite all my complaining, i love knowing you're in my belly, growing and progressing and doing whatever it is you do while you're in there. i wish i could feel you move. sometimes i think i do, but those feelings aren't consistent. i look forward to the day i feel your first solid kick. maybe when that actually happens, though, i'll eat those words.
i love you, baby.
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